We can all appreciate a clean, well-maintained aquarium. With the variety of cleanup crew helpers available in the hobby, it can become daunting to pick the right cleanup crew. These are a few of my favorite ways to keep nuisance algae at bay.

These are arguably some of the most destructive and hardy saltwater aquarium pests. Having to deal with some of these has been enough to make some reefkeepers get out of the hobby entirely. I highly recommend the use of a good coral dip and quarantine procedure to prevent problems down the road.